Nearby residents are livid over the Park District’s plan to close the zoo in Indian Boundary Park on the far North Side. They say the district has chronically underfunded the public asset that made their neighborhood unique.

Updated At: 11:00 p.m. There were a number of tight North Side aldermanic contests, with runoffs to follow in April. Among the highlights are a virtual tie in the 46th Ward race to replace retiring Ald. Helen Schiller, and 83-year-old Ald.

The 6- but almost 7-year-old West Ridge resident Katie Lizzie Drew and I had been talking about some important things—the tooth fairy and her favorite animals—before publication of the second half of her interview was delayed by the Voices from the Whittier Ele

Katie Lizzie Drew is a pseudonym for one of the cutest little girls in the world. She’s Latina and lives in West Ridge, with her mom and her dad. Not too far away from Andres and Michelle Flores, in fact. I’m 6. Well I’m 6, but I’m almost 7.